Scoop It Up - Taylor Swift parody

Last year, our Creativity and Innovation Master’s program was asked to come up with a slogan that would encourage people to pick up after their pets. The slogan needed to be bi-lingual and visual so that those who wanted the slogan could print up posters. After some careful thought and lots of suggestions that rhymed and were clever, I decided that what the group who asking for the slogan really wanted was to get people to pick up after their dogs. They didn’t want a slogan per se; they just said slogan because that is an easy way to look like anyone is doing something, and it requires no real effort after it is made up. Slogans are good for reinforcing behavior, but without a group to chant them, they rarely change behavior. I came up with two suggestions to get people to pick up after their dogs. The first was to turn the tops of the trash cans into soccer goal posts. Soccer is very popular, and scoring a goal on a trash can could be fun, especially if it was accompanied by cheering. The idea was rejected because the district had just purchased new poop receptacles and didn’t want to modify the tops to create a goal post. The second was a parody of Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off. I came up with lyrics, dance moves and even found someone willing to sing the song. Unfortunately, the idea was again rejected, and I couldn’t come up with a way to film the video I wanted with the tools I had at my disposal. However, since I cannot shake the lyrics off, I thought I would post them here. If someone would like to put this together as a video, let me know; I am sure we can strike a deal. No one has endorsed these lyrics.

Scoop It Up

Take my dog outsideDoes something I can’t hideHe does number two-oo-ooHe does number two-oo-oo

Leave it lying on the groundHope nobody’s aroundI will just let it stay-ay-ayJust let it stay-ay-ay

But I keep thinkin’‘Bout how much it’s stinkingIt’s like I got this small voiceIn my mindSaying I cannot let it ride

‘Cause a dog is gonna poop, poop, poop, poop, poopAnd I’mma gonna bend and stoop, stoop, stoopSo that I can scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop Scoop it up scoop it up

Walking down the streetGet dog poo on my feetThat just should not be-ee-eeThat just should not be-ee-ee

I know they passed a lawBut there seems to be a flawBecause I stepped in cacaI stepped in caca

But I keep movingThere isn’t much to do, yeah,Walking ‘round now with dog pooOn my shoeSquishing as I walk

‘Cause a dog is gonna poop, poop, poop, poop, poopAnd I’mma gonna bend and stoop, stoop, stoopSo that I can scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop Scoop it up scoop it up

The dog poo’s gonna stay, stay, stay, stay, stayAnd someone’s gonna pass this way, way, wayAnd I should really just scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop, scoopScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it up

Hey, Hey, HeyWhen my dog takes a big, old dumpAnd it sits on the sidewalkI won’t leave it to dirty others shoesI’m gonna scoop it upAnd you should, too

I took my dog to the dogparkWhere he dropped a logI’m just gonna scoop

And to the fella over there with the hella good hairYour dog went number two, you should scoop, scoop, scoop

The dog poo’s gonna stay, stay, stay, stay, stayAnd someone’s gonna pass this way, way, wayAnd I should really just scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop, scoopScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it upScoop it up, scoop it up